Psych PP.20-27

Intuition

An automatic sense / gut feeling from our minds

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe that we knew an event or thing will occur. “I knew it all along.” It’s not accurate for predictions, but reflects on what we’re familiar with.

Critical Thinking

Does not accept things at face value, but rather evaluates where a conclusion was found, the evidence/sources, identifies possible biases, and the author/person’s agenda/values.

Theory

Broad explanation/statement of phenomena that summarizes observations and predicts events or behaviors.

Hypothesis

A testable prediction, usually implied by theories. These specify what disapproves or proves the theory.

Operational Definitions

Defining how something is exactly measured and the procedures behind it. “Sleep Deprived = X hours less.” Helps in replication.

Replication

The ability to conduct an experiment with a different test group to either achieve the same base results or weaken the findings.

Scientific Attitude

Curious, Skeptical, and Humble. Curiosity allows for asking questions about our world, Skepticism allows for questioning findings, and Humbleness allows for accepting when your wrong and learning new things.